Neurologic Differential Diagnosis and Neurologic Examination

Question 1

Name some symtoms looked for during subjective exam?

Answer 1

• pain
• fatigue
• numbness

Question 2

What is evidence of a disese or impairment that can be observed by somone other than the patient?

Answer 2

Signs

Question 3

What is diagnositc process of determing symptoms and signs where nervous system damage has occured

Answer 3

Lesion Localization

Question 4

What is limited to signal location, such as infarct in the pons?

Answer 4

focal lesion

Question 5

What is limited to several nonsymmetric locations?

Answer 5

Multifocal Lesion

Question 6

What is lesion affected bilaterally symmetric structures but does not cross midline as a single lesion

Answer 6

Diffuse lesion

Question 7

What is lesion of CNS involving descending motor pathways

Answer 7

Upper Motor Neuron

Question 8

What is lesion within PNS

Answer 8

Lower motor neuron

Question 9

Are these signs of upper or lower motor neurons

• hyperflexive deep tendon reflexes
• presence of pathological reflexes and disuses muscle atrophy
• increased muscle tone

Answer 9

Upper motor neurons

Question 10

Are these signs of upper or lower motor neurons

• decreased or absent deep tendon reflexes
• presence of fasciculations and neurogenic muscle atrophy
• decreased or absent muscle tone

Answer 10

Lower Motor Neurons

Question 11

Primary or secondary impairments?

• symptoms and signs that are the direct result of the pt’s disease or pathology

Answer 11

Primary impairment

Question 12

Primary or secondary impairments?

• abnormal changes in structure or function of a given system that may occur as consequence of pt’s initial pathlogy or related impairments and/or result over time of some other type of influence

Answer 12

Secondary impairment

Question 13

When is a comprehensive neurologic examination done?

Answer 13

persons with known or suspected neurologial diganosis